Portroe
Portroe (Irish: An Port Rua, meaning "the red port") is a village in North Tipperary, Ireland. The village is located on the R494 regional road about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the eastern shore of Lough Derg. It in the barony of Owney and Arra, It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.
Bus Éireann route 323 between Killaloe, County Clare and Nenagh serves the village at 10.20am on Tuesdays and Fridays only and terminates at Nenagh railway station. The return journey departs Nenagh at 1.30pm, serving the village at 1.50pm and continuing to Killaloe.
On Loughtea Hill, south-west of Portroe, a 20 metre high stainless steel cross was erected in 2002 to mark the millennium and to replace an original cross placed there following the Eucharistic Congress of Dublin (1932).
The village has had great success in the Rose of Tralee, with three ladies from the village representing the county in the international festival over the last number of years.
Coordinates: 52°53′N 8°21′W / 52.883°N 8.350°W
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